Had to get rid of Firefox
BSOD's
Monday, October 14, 2013 by LightStar | Discussion: Personal Computing
Well, after many years of using Firefox, I had to get rid of it and I guess I'll use IE until I find something better. It seems Firefox has been crashing systems with a BSOD since at least version 20. People have complained in the forums, but no one at Mozilla seems to care evidently. My system has crashed 10 times now while using Firefox, and if the creators apparently aren't going to fix it, I am not going to use it.
Anyone else getting BSOD's when using Firefox (v20-v24) on Windows 7? 
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Reply #42 Friday, October 18, 2013 2:53 PM
maybe I'm a late ...
but just in case I was going to suggest to install the IceDragon portable version ( so you will never affect the Firefox resident\default )
Portable mode must be selected during the installation process
see here http://help.comodo.com/topic-169-1-413-4903-portable-version.html
Nah, I got rid of Firefox and made IceDragon the default, installed it as permanent. I appreciate the info frankell.
Doc, I don't know where you got your info from, but right on it's site it says "Comodo IceDragon is a fast and secure internet browser based on Mozilla Firefox". 
Reply #43 Friday, October 18, 2013 3:44 PM
Nah, I got rid of Firefox and made IceDragon the default, installed it as permanent. I appreciate the info frankell.
I'm glad you are good with IceDragon !
If you're talking about IceDragon, it's based on Chrome, Tom...
Reply #45 Friday, October 18, 2013 4:56 PM
Does this browser import IE favorites?
definetly yes see > http://help.comodo.com/topic-169-1-413-4483-Bookmarks---Importing,-Exporting-and-Backing-up.html#import_bookmarks
Reply #46 Friday, October 18, 2013 6:11 PM
I'll second frankell said Dave, it does import IE favorites just fine.
Reply #47 Sunday, November 3, 2013 9:31 AM
Never had a bsod with firefox and it's my default browser now version 25 so as everyone's said run Memtest as i had bad ram and that was the thing that was bsod'ing my PC replaced brand new Corsair vengeance sticks with G-skill ram and all's been fine since!
Reply #48 Sunday, November 3, 2013 10:16 AM
It turned out to be the video drivers, I rolled them back for my nVidia cards and all has been well since. Going to stick with IceDragon though as there are a few other things I don't like in Firefox that IceDragon does not do.
Reply #49 Tuesday, November 5, 2013 6:47 AM
Has anyone experienced this problem where the up down arrows, instead of scrolling, minimize and maximize a page? It doesn't happen with just Firefox, have this problem with Chrome too. I Googled it and the solution, among others, was to open the run dialogue and type in gpedit.msc...go to...User Configuration, Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer. Find Turn off Windows + X hotkeys. Select edit from the action menu and Enable the feature. This is on Win8. How this happened I have no clue.
Reply #51 Wednesday, November 6, 2013 11:59 AM
I'm with Doc. I have used pale moon for several years. Never get a crash with it. i like its scaled down and optimized running - and fewer exploitable 'holes' for malware to exploit. Just add web of truth (trust?) and its good to go.
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Reply #41 Friday, October 18, 2013 2:30 PM
I now have a great new web browser. Based on Mozilla, faster than Firefox, PaleMoon or IE and can use all Mozilla addons, including ADBlock. You can even scan an entire website with it for malware links or anything else unsafe with Web Inspector (built-in), and it even uses its own secure DNS servers if you elect to use them. The standard interface will work with any WB skin as far as I can tell too. Thank you frankell!
If you're talking about IceDragon, it's based on Chrome, Tom...